This photograph is 100 years old; taken in spring of 1922! (I’ve colorized and retouched it.) The meticulous notes on the back made it possible to identify all twenty-one family members.
Front row (from left to right):
● My granduncle Arthur Hokanson
● Frans Westergren (Hilda’s husband), holding their youngest son, baby Rodney (1st cousin 2x removed)
● Richard Westergren (1st cousin 2x removed)
● My grandfather 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻
● Elmer Westergren (1st cousin 2x removed)
● My grandaunt Dorothy Hokanson
● Stanley Westergren (1st cousin 2x removed)
Second row:
● Hildegarde Anderson (1st cousin 2x removed)
● My great-grandaunt Anna “Annie” Swenson-Anderson
● My great-grandaunt Hilda Swenson-Westergren
Third row:
● My great-grandfather 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, holding his youngest child, baby Alice*
● My great-grandaunt Alma Swenson-Anderson
● Malvina “Vina” Swenson (Charlie’s wife)
● My great-grandmother 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻
Back row:
● My great-granduncle Carl Erick Swenson, also known by the nickname “Charlie” in his youth, or Charles as an adult, but my great-grandmother still always called him Charlie
● Herbert Anderson (1st cousin 2x removed)
● Carl Anderson (Alma’s husband)
● Elwyn Anderson (1st cousin 2x removed)
● Nels Anderson (Annie’s husband)
*𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵-𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 9 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥. (𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦.)
